Netflix Officially Adapting Iconic 39-Year-Old Survival Novel With Wednesday Alum
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A producer on the hit Netflix series Wednesday is teaming up with the popular streamer to bring an iconic 39-year-old survival novel to life on the small screen.
Netflix has created several book-to-screen adaptations over the years, including To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Bridgerton, People We Meet on Vacation, His & Hers, 3 Body Problem, The Witcher, The Lincoln Lawyer, Heartstopper and many more. At the start of this month, a new version of John Steinbeck's East of Eden with Florence Pugh was released. Wednesday itself is based on characters from The Addams Family.
Now there's a new adaptation on the way, with Variety reporting that Netflix is turning Gary Paulsen's Hatchet into a film. Derek Cianfrance has signed on to direct and write the script, and Wednesday's Andrew Mittman is producing.
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